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rome vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| forum | a roman public meeting place |
| dictatorship | a ruler that has almost absolute power |
| empire | land with diferent teratories ruled by one ruler |
| emperor | mane of the roman ruler |
| patricians | nobals in sociaty |
| plebeians | comon people |
| consuls | two most powerful people |
| senate | roman oficialls |
| veto | to reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government oficials |
| checks and balences | a system that balences distribution in a government |
| latin | the languag of the romans |
| arch | a structure that spans a space and suports structure and weight above it |
| aquduct | a human made raised channel that carries water from distant places |
| civil law | a legal system based on a writen code |
| republic | a government in which citizens have the rights to vote and elect oficials |
| legion | bacic unit pf 4500 to 5000 hevily armed solders |
| maniple | each legion is broken up into units of between 60 to 120 roman solders |
| constitution | a system of rules by which a government is organized |
| magistrates | elected oficials that enforced laws |
| tripartitle government | a government with 3 parts |
| province | an area of land under political controle |
| toga | a garment adult men wore |
| pantheon | a roman tempal dedicated to all the gods |
| coloseum | an outdoor ampitheater built in rome around 70 a.d |
| greco roman | having charecteristics that are partly roman |
| pater families | the male head of the family |
| centurion | a roman officer in the military |